According to reporting in the New York Times this week, Vance’s actual record at Yale reveals repeated inconsistencies between the person he once was and the views he now professes. Now a vociferous opponent of modern universities, which he has called “expensive day care centers for coddled children,” Vance thrived socially and —eventually — academically at Yale, remembered by some as “warm, personable and even charismatic.” But his former professors, fellow students, and even roommates say Vance has since abandoned any of the principles he once held to ride Donald Trump’s coattails to the White House.
Among those criticizing Vance’s lack of moral rigor is Sofia Nelson, a former classmate and friend of Vance and his wife Usha. Nelson told the Times that they and Vance were previously so close, the Ohio senator delivered “home-baked treats” to their home while they were recovering from top surgery — the sort of thing one might expect from a staunch trans ally, rather than a man who has since referred to queer people as “groomers,” described gender-affirming surgeries as “gruesome,” and declared war on “far-left gender ideology.” For Nelson, the breaking point came when Vance offered vocal support for an Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care in 2021.
From 2022:
Vance, Oz and Trump’s $89 Million Debt to McConnell
J.D. Vance and Mehmet Oz needed millions in GOP establishment campaign spending.
And:
Crikey, when does McConnell’s influence ever end? I am going to believe that Vance is indebted in some form and will owe McConnell something. And now Vance got a pole-vault promotion to VP candidate.
A Prez candidate laughing? What’s next? A representative dancing? The horror! (/s)
I bought a coffee cup where the sunglasses appear when hot.
Holding out for the collectibles market! 
That ad reminds me of another that also backfired by going viral for the opposite of the intended reason, the one of AOC dancing on a roof in an old student video. In both cases, the right only managed to show how out of touch they are with most USians.
@sqlrob ,
Oh no what will Texas do?
Collin Allred really scares Ted Cruz. Plus he’s terrified the RNC is going to leave him out to dry.
But Ted is so likeable!
Oh God do we old millennials sound that cringey to zoomers and gen alpha?
I’m going to try and save mine for his run in 2032
Oh.
NSFW.
Got a non-Shitter link?
Thank you!
But, at the same time, the judge acknowledged the young age of the unnamed student referred to as J.N., who, along with her mother are plaintiffs in the case, and agreed to limit the questioning to 90 minutes.
For a 7-year-old. 90 minutes to brow beat her into whatever they want her to say. I fear for this child.
If the parents are wise, they will insist on a virtual deposition, with one of them present throughout, along with the attorneys.
